/**
* Parse a string, assuming that it is of the type expected by a given NamedParameter.
*
* <p>This method does not deal with sets; if the NamedParameter is set valued, then the provided
* string should correspond to a single member of the set. It is up to the caller to call parse
* once for each value that should be parsed as a member of the set.
*
* @return a non-null reference to the parsed value.
*/
@Override
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public <T> T parse(final NamedParameterNode<T> np, final String value) throws ParseException {
final ClassNode<T> iface;
try {
iface = (ClassNode<T>) getNode(np.getFullArgName());
} catch (final NameResolutionException e) {
throw new IllegalStateException(
"Could not parse validated named parameter argument type. NamedParameter is "
+ np.getFullName()
+ " argument type is "
+ np.getFullArgName());
}
Class<?> clazz;
String fullName;
try {
clazz = classForName(iface.getFullName());
fullName = null;
} catch (final ClassNotFoundException e) {
clazz = null;
fullName = iface.getFullName();
}
try {
if (clazz != null) {
return (T) parameterParser.parse(clazz, value);
} else {
return parameterParser.parse(fullName, value);
}
} catch (final UnsupportedOperationException e) {
try {
final Node impl = getNode(value);
if (impl instanceof ClassNode && isImplementation(iface, (ClassNode<?>) impl)) {
return (T) impl;
}
throw new ParseException(
"Name<"
+ iface.getFullName()
+ "> "
+ np.getFullName()
+ " cannot take non-subclass "
+ impl.getFullName(),
e);
} catch (final NameResolutionException e2) {
throw new ParseException(
"Name<"
+ iface.getFullName()
+ "> "
+ np.getFullName()
+ " cannot take non-class "
+ value,
e);
}
}
}
